Sentence examples for old chaps from inspiring English sources

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old chaps

noun

Plural of old chap

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You had critics like Harold Hobson, all quite old chaps.

Self Orbits Cern (Radio 4) | iPlayer This American Life (thisamericanlife.org) Most angry young men turn into frustrated older versions of themselves: the grumpy old chaps of TV repute.

Old chaps in flat caps cupped pigeons and doves, however it was all puff and wind; the only bird trader making any money was the one selling packets of seed.

Govey was like, I'm afraid you must think us frightful boors, Mr Messina was like, please don't apologise old chaps, I have watched your Riot Club, prithee did you manage to find a decent prostitute?

At the weekends and on Mondays – when the visitors change over and Corfu airport becomes a giant intolerable sweatbox – the Paxiots take their break: gia-gias competitively displaying their grandchildren, old chaps in singlets, young men fresh from national service, strutting in their Hawaiian trunks, old men, life-support systems for bellies and Type 2 diabetes, in ill-judged Speedos.

It is as true for the venerable gentlemen's clubs, where old chaps gather after a cricket match to play snooker and drink whiskey, as it is for the members-only nightclubs, where young women in halter tops dance on red velvet couches.

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I think not, old chap.

Impossible, old chap.

Poor old chap".

"Poor old chap," Mr. Dante said.

Join the club, old chap.

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